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we're told paula broadwell's second and time interview with f.b.i. was on the friday before the election. that is when they were able to formally conclude no crimes were committed. now also classified documents were found on her computer but officials say there was no indication that petraeus was the source. director of national intelligence james clapper is said to have learned about the t on election day and asked the general to resign on thursday. the general went to the white house friday and the president accepted the resignation. senate intelligence committee chair dianne feinstein said the news was like a lightning bolt. top former aide to petraeus said the general is devastated. a former spokesman for petraeus said the jep's wife of 38 years is furious. white house officials insist they were first told of the investigation wednesday. the president thursday. but three well-placed intelligence sources say john brennan, the president's chief counterterrorism advisor was aware of the affair as early as summer of 2011. something his spokesman deni
we're told paula broadwell's second and time interview with f.b.i. was on the friday before the election. that is when they were able to formally conclude no crimes were committed. now also classified documents were found on her computer but officials say there was no indication that petraeus was the source. director of national intelligence james clapper is said to have learned about the t on election day and asked the general to resign on thursday. the general went to the white house friday...
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you've said his affair with paula broadwell ended four months ago. do you know why he just publicly acknowledged it last week? did something trigger that? if he was aware it was being investigated for months, did he consider resigning earlier? >> we haven't discussed the timing of it. i can only kind of surmise based on knowing him a little bit that once he knew that this was probably going to become bigger than what it was, and i don't mean to be, you know, make light of it, but he felt that it was time for him to step down and resign. if you know david petraeus and it was discussed earlier in the program, part of his internal makeup would be that he would not be able to lead an organization after this kind of an event, so he tendered his resignation which was accepted the day after he gave it. >> i think there are some people, though, who are supporters of david petraeus who would say, why not stick it out? a lot of people have respect for him, democrats and republicans, like the job he was doing. plenty of people in the world have affairs, why ste
you've said his affair with paula broadwell ended four months ago. do you know why he just publicly acknowledged it last week? did something trigger that? if he was aware it was being investigated for months, did he consider resigning earlier? >> we haven't discussed the timing of it. i can only kind of surmise based on knowing him a little bit that once he knew that this was probably going to become bigger than what it was, and i don't mean to be, you know, make light of it, but he felt...
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paula broadwell has a lot of other sources out there. and remember, she did have some security clearance as a former -- and really is a reservist in a military intelligence officer. >> chris lawrence at the pentagon, many thanks to you. members of congress have expressed outrage over a lack of communication to the point of saying their lack of involvement in this could be criminal. watch. >> you do have a fiduciary responsibility to tell the chairman and the ranking member of both the house and senate of the intelligence committee. and if they were not informed, and looks like senator feinstein was not informed, then something is grossly wrong. those people have to know. >> a lot of questions about who knew what when. let's bring in cnn senior congressional correspondent dana bash on capitol hill for us. dana, great to see you. congress as you know back to work today. they'll be holding this closed door briefing today on that attack in benghazi back on 9/11 and a hearing later this week. a lot of people saying, you know, doesn't really m
paula broadwell has a lot of other sources out there. and remember, she did have some security clearance as a former -- and really is a reservist in a military intelligence officer. >> chris lawrence at the pentagon, many thanks to you. members of congress have expressed outrage over a lack of communication to the point of saying their lack of involvement in this could be criminal. watch. >> you do have a fiduciary responsibility to tell the chairman and the ranking member of both...
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general petraeus told friends the affair was his biographer paula broadwell that started two months after he left the military around the same time he took over at the c.i.a. september 2011. though they spent nearl year together in afghanistan while she researched his biographer. all in. the education of david petraeus. he says the affair ended four months ago. here is how she described her mentor to fox's tom sullivan in january. >> everybody says oh, this man is a military genius. this man is seen doing things that nobody else has ever done before. true? >> he is quite a genius. because i think he is able to balance so many different levels of thinking. i don't think all seen ror military officers do. there are many others who do but i don't think all officers have the skill. >> the f.b.i. became aware that the c.i.a. director mistress was sending harassing e-mails from several dummy accounts to this woman. jill kelly. petraeus family friend who lived in tampa, florida. kelly's family spent holidays with david petraeus and his wife holly. the f.b.i. became concerned an attempt was being
general petraeus told friends the affair was his biographer paula broadwell that started two months after he left the military around the same time he took over at the c.i.a. september 2011. though they spent nearl year together in afghanistan while she researched his biographer. all in. the education of david petraeus. he says the affair ended four months ago. here is how she described her mentor to fox's tom sullivan in january. >> everybody says oh, this man is a military genius. this...
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separate and apart from this paula broadwell. you see this jill kelley here, she's a social liaison of some sort to some military officials. now, jill kelley and general allen had some sort of social relationship, or professional relationship that resulted in a bunch of allegedly inappropriate emails and general allen is being questioned about those. a source close to him says there was nothing inappropriate, they were friends and that is all. that is being investigated. you heard jay carney responding also to whether there is a crisis of leadership in the military and jay carney is saying they are not going to go that far and president obama has great confidence in the military and his commanders. back to david petraeus, apparently the president does not have confidence in him because he accepted his resignation and when asked whether the administration expected that general petraeus would nonetheless testify before congress on what happened in benghazi, the murder of our ambassador and three others, and general petraeus was one
separate and apart from this paula broadwell. you see this jill kelley here, she's a social liaison of some sort to some military officials. now, jill kelley and general allen had some sort of social relationship, or professional relationship that resulted in a bunch of allegedly inappropriate emails and general allen is being questioned about those. a source close to him says there was nothing inappropriate, they were friends and that is all. that is being investigated. you heard jay carney...
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but paula broadwell was a more workman like person. so it was a little bit of a surprise. that anybody in the world of biography would wanted to write that book and how did she become to be the writer? people wondered that. people scratched their heads. she was also quite demanding. i remember that about her visits to kabul. the staff knew that they were really going to have to work hard. but that, i think, was, in her time, would only say she was a biographer, doesn't appears to have been any additional involvement there. >> i want to play a little more of benghazi. senator feinstein just told me of some of her concerns. let's watch. >> i believe that director petraeus made a trip of region, shortly before this became public. i believe that there is a trip report. we have asked to see the trip report. one person tells me he has read it. and then we tried to get it. and they tell me it hasn't been done. that's unacceptable. we are entitled to this trip report. and if we have to go to the floor of the senate on a subpoena, we will do just that. >> she wants to know what he
but paula broadwell was a more workman like person. so it was a little bit of a surprise. that anybody in the world of biography would wanted to write that book and how did she become to be the writer? people wondered that. people scratched their heads. she was also quite demanding. i remember that about her visits to kabul. the staff knew that they were really going to have to work hard. but that, i think, was, in her time, would only say she was a biographer, doesn't appears to have been any...
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do you agree with jason chaffetz and paula broadwell's dad? >> i think there is probably more that meets the eye because new details are emerging every single hour, martha. here is my issue. how could, how could they tell us or how could sources be telling us, a source told me on friday, that the affair has nothing to do with benghazi? general petraeus was looking forward to testifying at the hearing. then we learn he is not going to be testifying. chairman mike rogers says he may invite him to testify as a private citizen. but the biggest question here, you have the sex scandal and you have benghazi. and answers that people need to know are the two related? why isn't he testifying? why isn't senator clinton testifying? did the white house know about this? and did his answer that it was driven by a video, which is what he told congress after the benghazi attack, did his answer have any connection to his personal indiscretions? i think that is the most important question. martha: we know general petraeus made a site visit. he went to benghazi a
do you agree with jason chaffetz and paula broadwell's dad? >> i think there is probably more that meets the eye because new details are emerging every single hour, martha. here is my issue. how could, how could they tell us or how could sources be telling us, a source told me on friday, that the affair has nothing to do with benghazi? general petraeus was looking forward to testifying at the hearing. then we learn he is not going to be testifying. chairman mike rogers says he may invite...
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the woman was later identified as his biographer, paula broadwell. the fbi investigated the affair after broadwell reportedly sent harassing e-mails to a tampa socialite, jill kelly. now, general allen is under investigation for his contacts with kelly. both he and kelly deny they ever had an affair. for more on all of this, that's really a hard web to even follow, let's bring in our intelligence correspondent, suzanne kelly. suzanne, the fbi searched paula broad broadwell's home. what do you know about that? >> agents spent about five hours conducting a search and took documents and computers from her house. now, we're told by a u.s. official that agents are looking further into what classified materials she has, but the official described this search as sort of tying up loose ends. an earlier search of broadwell's computer did turn up classified material. and according to that same official, broadwell and petraeus both told investigators that the material did not come from him. but you can bet that those agents are now trying to track down the sour
the woman was later identified as his biographer, paula broadwell. the fbi investigated the affair after broadwell reportedly sent harassing e-mails to a tampa socialite, jill kelly. now, general allen is under investigation for his contacts with kelly. both he and kelly deny they ever had an affair. for more on all of this, that's really a hard web to even follow, let's bring in our intelligence correspondent, suzanne kelly. suzanne, the fbi searched paula broad broadwell's home. what do you...
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broadwell or know anything of her work. >> i do know paula. she's a very smart, very attract tive, very driven woman. a fellow west point graduate who has been very present in the washington policy community and the national security debate. i am also sickened by the damage this will obviously do to her to her husband scott, whom i've met, to their children. this is a very sad story for all concerned. >> ifill: sari horowitz, we have heard members including the head of the senate intelligence committee, dianne feinstein say they still want to hear from general petraeus especially when it comes to the u.s. involvement in the murders in benghazi, libya. where does that stand tonight? do we expect his acting c.i.a. chief to be the one to step up next week or later this week? >> you know, we're not really sure who is going to be testifying before closed doors at this point. but, you know, another question that feinstein and others brought up was why didn't the justice department and the f.b.i. let them know the beginning of your show you had that
broadwell or know anything of her work. >> i do know paula. she's a very smart, very attract tive, very driven woman. a fellow west point graduate who has been very present in the washington policy community and the national security debate. i am also sickened by the damage this will obviously do to her to her husband scott, whom i've met, to their children. this is a very sad story for all concerned. >> ifill: sari horowitz, we have heard members including the head of the senate...
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she had reported getting harassing emails from another woman, paula broadwell. the f.b.i. investigation that followed uncovered broadwell's affair with petraeus. but according to the newest revelations, agents also found extensive contacts between kelley and general allen. the f.b.i. notifieded the pentagon on sunday. last night spokesman george little read a statement from defense secretary leon panetta on a flight to australia. >> today the secretary directed that the matter be referred to the inspector general of the department of defense for investigation. it is now in the hands of the department of the secretary-general. >> brown: early news accounts said allen and kelley exchanged 20,000-30,000 pages of emails and other documents over the last two years. for part of that time the general served as deputy commander at u.s. central command faced at the air force base in tampa. jill kelley and her hus ban often organized social events for the milita. oneenior defense official said today that the emails between allen and kelley were mostly routine and involved planning f
she had reported getting harassing emails from another woman, paula broadwell. the f.b.i. investigation that followed uncovered broadwell's affair with petraeus. but according to the newest revelations, agents also found extensive contacts between kelley and general allen. the f.b.i. notifieded the pentagon on sunday. last night spokesman george little read a statement from defense secretary leon panetta on a flight to australia. >> today the secretary directed that the matter be referred...
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that woman seen here was paula broadwell. now, she wrote petraeus's biography and said she used to jog with the general when he was leading the war in afghanistan, and now lawmakers are angry. they want to know why they're just finding out about all of this, including senator dianne feinstein who chairs the senate intelligence committee. >> we received no advanced notice. it was like a lightning bolt. the way i found out, i came back to washington thursday night. friday morning the staff director told me there was a number of calls to friends about this. i called david petraeus. i talked to the director twice. this is very hard stuff. >> hard stuff. many different layers as well. now there's a video of paula broadwell that has gone viral on youtube. it is revealing where she's revealing manufacturings about the cia's investigation into the attack on the consulate in benghazi. check it out. >> the cia annex had taken a couple of libyan militia members prisoner, and they think that the attack on the consulate was an effort to t
that woman seen here was paula broadwell. now, she wrote petraeus's biography and said she used to jog with the general when he was leading the war in afghanistan, and now lawmakers are angry. they want to know why they're just finding out about all of this, including senator dianne feinstein who chairs the senate intelligence committee. >> we received no advanced notice. it was like a lightning bolt. the way i found out, i came back to washington thursday night. friday morning the staff...
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and so they go into paula broadwell's private e-mail accounts. they have just crashed through a wall there. the facts as we know it do not justify other than somebody wants to embarrass david petraeus. >> right. >> and so then they get into w paula broadwell's e-mails. then they have to break down another wall to get into david petraeus' e-mail account. and then they justify that and break down that wall, well, you know, national security may have been compromised because she may have sent along classified documents. so there somebody responsible has to say, nothing to see here. it's internal investigation. you know, tpetraeus may be actig up but this is no longer a crime. they said it wasn't a crime and then at that point they break through that wall. and then they spread it out beyond the walls of the fbi. >> but is there not -- it seems like the first instance here is like the original sin. the first decision -- >> the original sin is the biggest sin. >> because once they get to -- at least, again, not being an expert but reading the news acco
and so they go into paula broadwell's private e-mail accounts. they have just crashed through a wall there. the facts as we know it do not justify other than somebody wants to embarrass david petraeus. >> right. >> and so then they get into w paula broadwell's e-mails. then they have to break down another wall to get into david petraeus' e-mail account. and then they justify that and break down that wall, well, you know, national security may have been compromised because she may...
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paula broadwell is going to write your biography. >> bob: very nice. >> dana: i didn't realize she had a ghost writer. that made me mad. >> andrea: she had to focus on the real work, dana. >> eric: got to run six miles. >> bob: when he was in -- >> dana: maybe it will be revealed in the closed door testimony tomorrow. >> bob: you're going on a bus tour soon. >> greg: on a bus for a week-and-a-half. >> bob: one more thing is next. ♪ ♪ try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. >> dana: welcome back to "the five." time now for one more thing. greg? >> greg: before i get to my one more thing, real quick. people are asking me what did dana perino say. i'll say it. they bleeped me again because it that's horrible. i had my book q&a thing. everybody from "the five" came except for bob. it went well. but there was
paula broadwell is going to write your biography. >> bob: very nice. >> dana: i didn't realize she had a ghost writer. that made me mad. >> andrea: she had to focus on the real work, dana. >> eric: got to run six miles. >> bob: when he was in -- >> dana: maybe it will be revealed in the closed door testimony tomorrow. >> bob: you're going on a bus tour soon. >> greg: on a bus for a week-and-a-half. >> bob: one more thing is next. ♪ ♪ try...
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martha: obviously paula broadwell said things about libyan militants. she said it at a speech at the university of denver. that they were being held at the cia annex and that could be the reason that that annex was overtaken. i had never heard that before. had you ever heard anything like that before and where would she get that information you think if not from petraeus is one of the questions? >> i don't think she got it from general petraeus. i think the information is wrong. martha, doesn't that kind of suggest why this kind of long-term relationship actually does present some problems? if she were just a, you know, ph.d candidate, kings college in london, that wouldn't have gotten any attention and no one would have given it any authenticity. because of this relationship, we suddenly do. i think she was just wrong. i don't know where she got it. martha: because those questions are raised, that you know, may be what prompts the resignation because you don't want those questions to be raised. >> exactly. martha: general hayden, before i let you go, o
martha: obviously paula broadwell said things about libyan militants. she said it at a speech at the university of denver. that they were being held at the cia annex and that could be the reason that that annex was overtaken. i had never heard that before. had you ever heard anything like that before and where would she get that information you think if not from petraeus is one of the questions? >> i don't think she got it from general petraeus. i think the information is wrong. martha,...
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and it turned out to be from paula broadwell. the source says the e-mail was jealous in tone but did not know more about the content of it or if there was more than one e-mail. the source said kelly went to the fbi in tampa where she lives and despite living in tampa, capitol hill has been known to be on the washington social circuit. according to this government source who had actually met her at a washington party, ted. >> now, is there any suggestion that the relationship between david petraeus and jill kelly, like the relationship between petraeus and broadwell, was at all sexual in nature? >> there is no evidence that surfaced about that so far. we do know that general petraeus has been talking with friends, a lot of friends over the weekend, and even as recently as today who offered support to him and he's been forth coming with them about the details of the relationship with paula broadwell, it began two months after he took over as director of the cia, ended about four months ago and the two were seen together in washingt
and it turned out to be from paula broadwell. the source says the e-mail was jealous in tone but did not know more about the content of it or if there was more than one e-mail. the source said kelly went to the fbi in tampa where she lives and despite living in tampa, capitol hill has been known to be on the washington social circuit. according to this government source who had actually met her at a washington party, ted. >> now, is there any suggestion that the relationship between david...
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found out about that is because paula broadwell, the mistress, was sending threatening e-mails to another woman, whom she regarded as a threat to her relationship with petraeus. what do you know about that relationship between the other woman and petraeus? >> well, there is an f.b.i. investigation. that is continuing. i read "the post" and "the times" this morning and it's pretty well laid out, i think. i just hate to discuss it except to say there are a number of things that one has to consider, the first of which was there any kind of national security breach? to date, there was not. and the f.b.i. briefed me now. i actually wish we had been briefed a little bit earlier. so that the full intelligence committee, one of the things that i tried to do, chris, is bring both sides together. so my vice chairman chambliss and i share material and work together. that is a very important concept. with neither of us knowing ahead of time, all of this comes as a big shock. and we are very much able to keep things in a classified setting. at least if you know, you can begin to think and to plan. of
found out about that is because paula broadwell, the mistress, was sending threatening e-mails to another woman, whom she regarded as a threat to her relationship with petraeus. what do you know about that relationship between the other woman and petraeus? >> well, there is an f.b.i. investigation. that is continuing. i read "the post" and "the times" this morning and it's pretty well laid out, i think. i just hate to discuss it except to say there are a number of...
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he was having an affair with paula broadwell. broadwell, right. paula broadwell thought that jill kelly might be honing in on her action. so she started sending some threatening e-mails to jill kelly and that whole thing blew up. and david came -- it became public. david petraeus of course resigned as head of the c.i.a. because of it. now we find out the same jill kelly who is not only -- according to paula broadwell trying to get too close to dade petraeus -- to david petraeus, she was also cozying up, at least through e-mails to the top general in afghanistan. john r. allen. i mean you know, this whole thing -- i gotta tell you and i've been criticized for it. i saw some story this morning. oh, the liberal bill press says america has to grow up and get over its victorian kind of thinking about sex scandals but i honestly believe that. this is nothing but a giant love triangle. it is a classic case of a guy in power who is -- who is there for attractive -- who is therefore attractive to some women or some men. people in power celebrities are alwa
he was having an affair with paula broadwell. broadwell, right. paula broadwell thought that jill kelly might be honing in on her action. so she started sending some threatening e-mails to jill kelly and that whole thing blew up. and david came -- it became public. david petraeus of course resigned as head of the c.i.a. because of it. now we find out the same jill kelly who is not only -- according to paula broadwell trying to get too close to dade petraeus -- to david petraeus, she was also...
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we're also hearing more from paula broadwell. mistress of david petraeus and petraeus, of course, was general john allen's predecessor in afghanistan. i know this is confusing. he retired from the military to take up the directorship of the cia, which catapulted this story to the top of the list. he quit last friday when his affair was exposed through anonymous e-mails that broadwell sent to remember that woman at the beginning of the show? jill kelley? she sent the e-mails to jill kelley and the most pressing questions is whether mrs. broadwell got her hands on some secret military information that she sure as heck was not entitled to see and that's why the fbi did this. late at night, fbi agents raiding mrs. broadwell's north korea home on monday. it's why a 16-month panel discussion that might never have seen the light of day at the aspen institute all of a sudden now becomes very interesting. some added cig significance, shall we saw, because mrs. broadwell talked about being in general petraeus' inner circle in afghanistan.
we're also hearing more from paula broadwell. mistress of david petraeus and petraeus, of course, was general john allen's predecessor in afghanistan. i know this is confusing. he retired from the military to take up the directorship of the cia, which catapulted this story to the top of the list. he quit last friday when his affair was exposed through anonymous e-mails that broadwell sent to remember that woman at the beginning of the show? jill kelley? she sent the e-mails to jill kelley and...
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. >> and on the paula broadwell end of things, where does that relationship stand with general petraeus? are they still friends? are they talking? have they talked? >> well, i would imagine, for legal reasons, they probably shouldn't be talking right now. it is the case that when the affair ended in the summer, they continued to stay in close contact. paula broadwell is still working on a dissertation in london that is centered on general petraeus' leadership and command style. so they were seen publicly and had lots of contact before the affair, during the affair and after the affair. in fact, her book and her masters thesis before that and her dissertation afterward were sort of what the intelligence people would call cover for presence and cover for action. they were going to be together a lot either way. in that way, that didn't raise eyebrows. >> bart gelman who has got the cover story on "time" magazine. bart, thanks for coming on and sharing with us this morning. >>> we've got a lot more coming up. including more reaction from are the senate. and also that business meeting that t
. >> and on the paula broadwell end of things, where does that relationship stand with general petraeus? are they still friends? are they talking? have they talked? >> well, i would imagine, for legal reasons, they probably shouldn't be talking right now. it is the case that when the affair ended in the summer, they continued to stay in close contact. paula broadwell is still working on a dissertation in london that is centered on general petraeus' leadership and command style. so...